A subframe for a motor vehicle with rear wheel steering system and two side plates extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the side plates being connected with one another by cross members and having bearings for control arms of wheel suspension links, this subframe unit being connected with the vehicle body, wherein a rearward, with respect to the driving direction, lower cross member comprises an operating cylinder, having free ends to which one oblong console respectively is fastened, the oblong console being detachably connected by screws with the side plates and through which a piston rod of the operating cylinder is guided and is connected with a tie rod.